Football at the Asian Games

Men's Association football is an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. Women's football competition began in 1990.

Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three over aged players for each squad,^[1] same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

Men's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1951 details	New Delhi, India		India	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Afghanistan
1954 details	Manila, Philippines		Republic of China	5–2	South Korea		Burma	5–4	Indonesia
1958 details	Tokyo, Japan		Republic of China	3–2	South Korea		Indonesia	4–1	India
1962 details	Jakarta, Indonesia		India	2–1	South Korea		Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam
1966 details	Bangkok, Thailand		Burma	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Singapore
1970 details	Bangkok, Thailand		Burma South Korea	0–0 aet1			India	1–0	Japan
1974 details	Tehran, Iran		Iran	1–0	Israel		Malaysia	2–1	North Korea
1978 details	Bangkok, Thailand		North Korea South Korea	0–0 aet1			China PR	1–0	Iraq
1982 details	New Delhi, India		Iraq	1–0	Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	2 - 02	North Korea
1986 details	Seoul, South Korea		South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	5–0	Indonesia
1990 details	Beijing, China		Iran	0–0 aet (4–1) pen	North Korea		South Korea	1–0	Thailand
1994 details	Hiroshima, Japan		Uzbekistan	4–2	China PR		Kuwait	2–1	South Korea
1998 details	Bangkok, Thailand		Iran	2–0	Kuwait		China PR	3–0	Thailand
2002 details	Busan, South Korea		Iran	2–1	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Thailand
2006 details	Doha, Qatar		Qatar	1–0	Iraq		Iran	1–0 aet	South Korea
2010 details	Guangzhou, China		Japan	1-0	United Arab Emirates		South Korea	4-3	Iran
2014 details	Incheon, South Korea
2019 details	Hanoi, Vietnam

¹ The title was shared.
² Saudi Arabia were awarded the third-place playoff by default after the Korea DPR team were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting officials at the end of their semi-final.

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Iran	4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002)	2 (1951, 1966)	1 (2006)
South Korea	3 (1970, 1978, 1986*)	3 (1954, 1958, 1962)	3 (1990, 2002*, 2010)
India	2 (1951*, 1962)		1 (1970)
Myanmar (Burma)	2 (1966, 1970)		1 (1954)
Chinese Taipei#	2 (1954, 1958)
Japan	1 (2010)	1 (2002)	2 (1951, 1966)
Iraq	1 (1982)	1 (2006)
North Korea	1 (1978)	1 (1990)
Qatar	1 (2006*)
Uzbekistan	1 (1994)
Kuwait		2 (1982, 1998)	2 (1986, 1994)
China PR		1 (1994)	2 (1978, 1998)
Saudi Arabia		1 (1986)	1 (1982)
Israel		1 (1974)
United Arab Emirates		1 (2010)
Malaysia			2 (1962, 1974)
Indonesia			1 (1958)
South Vietnam			1 (1962)

* = host

# = Chinese Taipei also known as Taiwan, the recognised name after 1979, and the Republic of China, the prior recognised name

Women's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1990 details	Beijing, China		China PR	3	Japan		North Korea	3	Chinese Taipei
1994 details	Hiroshima, Japan		China PR	2–0	Japan		Chinese Taipei	4	South Korea
1998 details	Bangkok, Thailand		China PR	1–0	North Korea		Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei
2002 details	Busan, South Korea		North Korea	3	China PR		Japan	3	South Korea
2006 details	Doha, Qatar		North Korea	0–0 aet (4–2) pen	Japan		China PR	2–0	South Korea
2010 details	Guangzhou, China		Japan	1–0	North Korea		South Korea	2–0	China PR
2014 details	Incheon, South Korea
2019 details	Hanoi, Vietnam

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
China PR	3 (1990*, 1994, 1998)	1 (2002)	1 (2006)
North Korea	2 (2002, 2006)	2 (1998, 2010)	1 (1990)
Japan	1 (2010)	3 (1990*, 1994, 2006)	2 (1998, 2002)
Chinese Taipei			1 (1994)
South Korea			1 (2010)

* = host

References

• RSSSF archive

1. ^ "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team". The Nation. August 29, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2011. "Faisal Saleh Hayat have confirmed that since 2002, football at the Asian Games changed to age-limit and now it is a "U-23 + 3 overage" tournament." 

Football at the Asian Games 1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010

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